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Consultant Sean Caroon of HDR reviewed \"alternative 2,\" the recommended rate structure, describing two components: a monthly service charge (varied by meter size) and a consumption charge structured in tiers. He said the changes aim to recover operating and capital costs while maintaining the city's conservation-based rate approach.

\"There are a couple of key changes in the recommendations of this rate alternative,\" Caroon told the council. \"Part of this is going through and recovering the costs appropriately, so establishing the cost basis for the rates to fund the operating and capital. And then the second part was maintaining the required conservation based rate structure.\" He said the proposed service charge maintains a $15 base for the 3/4-inch residential meter and scales upward for larger meters.

For single-family residential customers, the consultant proposed adding a consumption charge for the first 5,000 gallons (which previously was included in the base service charge) and restructuring higher tiers. As presented, the recommended residential consumption charges for the first year of the 2025–26 rate cycle were $4.95 per 1,000 gallons for the mid tier and $5.45 per 1,000 gallons for the highest tier; the consultant said the precise tier sizes were developed from customer consumption characteristics.

Nonresidential and other customer classes were presented with different tier breaks and prices to reflect different usage patterns. As presented, those tiers include a lower per-thousand charge for usage up to larger initial blocks and higher charges for very large consumption: the consultant cited proposed rates of $5.20 per 1,000 gallons for a middle tier and $5.75 per 1,000 gallons for the highest tier for nonresidential customers. The consultant emphasized that the tier sizes and prices were set after analyzing annual and monthly consumption patterns across customer classes.

When asked about the year-to-year percentage adjustments in revenues, Caroon said the increases are \"front-loaded\" to raise revenues quickly enough to fund both operations and long-term debt service associated with multiple capital projects. \"We have some large capital projects in this current year. Those are primarily funded through a low interest loan, which has long term debt service payments that come with it,\" he said. The upfront revenue increases also aim to maintain reserves, a key factor when seeking long-term borrowing.

Craig (city staff) and Caroon fielded council questions; no formal motion or vote on the ordinance was recorded during the work meeting. The presentation concluded with staff saying they would provide the ordinance language and recommended rates for the council’s formal consideration in a subsequent meeting.

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City staff said the most immediate example is a $10,000 Best Buy Tech Center refresh grant that was applied for in November and awarded in January but will arrive on a different cycle than the city’s budget and therefore was not included in the FY26 baseline. The staff presentation also identified a planned $100,000 increase in the arts council salary line to create and fund an executive director position following the retirement of Leslie Allen.

\"We did not lose it. We actually applied for it later in the year in November, and then we were awarded it in January,\" Staff member Crystal told councilmembers when asked why the Best Buy grant does not appear in the current budget. \"Later on, when we do receive it, hopefully, then we'll adjust the budget to include that.\" Councilman Mitchell submitted the questions that prompted the staff update.

Staff told the council that many anticipated grant awards are tied to a federal tax bill moving through Congress and that the bill’s timing — and changes to it — have delayed final grant notifications. \"Much of this spending is [tied] in the tax bill that Congress is working through right now,\" Crystal said. \"Our grant providers have been slow to let us know what grants we've received.\" She said the city expects that bill to take about another month to pass through the process.

To manage the uncertainty, staff said they are pursuing multiple contingency actions: applying for additional grants not previously pursued, seeking foundation funding to diversify revenue, and maintaining internal contingency plans so programs can continue if a grant does not arrive. \"We know how much we need to run our programs as they are, and we've been very aggressive in looking for sources of funding for those,\" Crystal said.

Council members and staff discussed which programs are most at risk. Staff said that first-century program funding (identified in the meeting as a significant uncertain source) is the most vulnerable, but the city has structured its Promise program so that different grants cover separate elements (for example, one grant for salaries and another for programming) to reduce single-point failures at individual centers. Crystal said that in some cases two or three grants may cover salaries at a single site to ensure operations can continue if one award is delayed.

Councilmembers asked for updates when awards are finalized. \"We can definitely provide an update when we have more solid numbers,\" Crystal said, noting that she received multiple award notices on the same day the budget materials were compiled.

No formal budget action or vote occurred during the work meeting. The council excused one member (Paul Sanchez) for the session and noted that Councilmember Bynum was participating online. Staff said they will return with updated numbers to reflect awards that come in after the FY26 budget is finalized.

Details provided during the discussion included the $10,000 Best Buy Tech Center refresh grant (applied for in November, awarded in January) and a $100,000 increase in the arts council salary line to fund a new executive director following Leslie Allen’s retirement. Staff said an approximately $4,000 technology sub-grant was referenced during the presentation for internal replacements but the exact phrasing in the transcript was not fully clear; staff should be asked to confirm the specific amount before publication or budget reconciliation.

The council moved on to other agenda items and did not take formal action on the pending grants or the arts council position during the work meeting.

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South Salt Lake reviews proposed culinary water rate ordinance with tiered consumption charges to fund capital projects

South Salt Lake staff outline contingency plans as federal grant timing delays FY26 budget